Show FARM LIFE EASY ALONG SAN LUIS LUISI l lAll All Needed Is to Turn Sheep and Hogs Into Pea- Pea Field t WELLS ELLS THAT NEED NO PIPE Nature Aids Irrigator in Getting Getting Getting Get Get- ting Artesian Water Says W WI V G G. G Tuttle The They tb do llo sonic come things differently In Inthe Inthe the farming line along the San Sami Luis valley In southern Colorado Thc They have havea a method of fattening sheep and pigs phs without going to the tle trou trouble le of feedIng feeding feeding feed feed- ing them and amid of Irrigating from flowIng flowing flow tow towIng ing wells wens without taking tile the trouble to sin sink a pipe as I Is customary with most artesian flows And Amid they have laVO Uncle Sams Sam's department depart lepart- mont ment of or agriculture to blame for a a. J. J good deal of or their success so Us sal Walter G. G Tuttle returned from a trip to Uen Denver er and the tho San Luis Lids valley alle yes yes- Ife Ie had spent about a week elt eltIn In tho the vicinity of ot Alamosa Colo Cole in inthe Inthe inthe the interests of the Phipps estate estah The government men started it said Mr rr Tuttle ruttle when thc they discovered that certain constituents in fn the soil rendered It especially adapted to the growing of or field peas pens The rest was easy When the pea pet crop is ripe and amid the stra straw w is Js dry they turn the flocks of ot sheep into the tho field fl l Tho The sheep like tho the straw au and fatten on It well They do not care so much about the peas Ca In liz the time po pod These are threshed out by bythe iy y the trampling an and shaking of ot tho the vines by the time sheep h eap I When the tho farmers have raised cOrst e. e first class crop of ot fat tat mutton In tills this manner and the straw trow Is about all on gone they thoy take tho the sheep or off an and sell them and turn In the pigs Pea fed pork particularly when hen tho the animals have e to take exercise to get et their feed 1 Is about tho time best there Is That In Im the time San Luis valley Vane is delicious And time the hogs are nrc a great money maker mattel to the farmers there Pork Shipped rl to Cont So 50 far San Francisco has proved pro to tob tobe tobo b bo be their best market marlet San Francisco ins has learned learne jU jUt just t how good that por pork IB Is 5 and lud it 11 Is willing to pay ply tho the market price In Colorado an and then tho time freight west vest Neither Salt Sail Lake Lako nor nOlO Denver Dener las has shown much Interest in him the product act is as yet yet- Irrigation Is L by flowing wells weBs Al About out ill all that It is necessary to do is to sink ink tho the hole In the thc ground It need to no it lion iton lining lininS' since 3 the consistency of f t tho the sub subsoil Is such that the water Ilter does loes not permeate ate nor mior injure It San Luis Luts vallo valley is being colonized There Thore were v rc 10 iO pieces s of ot land old last Thursday a alone Thousands Thou ands s of f ncr acres s are ore being picked up by Eastern East East- srn ern mm farmers who are arc locating there The government men aro not only r fox fox- much in jn in tho way of investigation In that has Attracted atten- atten lon ion to this valley but Lut the they also are arc un to tu teach the farmers the tho best ot or farming that brings r there In lii Denver is running along l and seems to bo be up 11 little Ono One thing tiling that ma may help Is IB ho tho by the L urea a. a which compels track er-track ro tiri i. i J |